主系表结构

主语+系动词+表语

(1) 状态系动词：只有be 一词。如：

She is always like that. 她总是那样。

I am used to going about alone. 我习惯于独来独往。

These shoes are too tight for me. 这双鞋我穿太小。

动词be,若是用于进行时态或者被动语态，则不是系动词，而是助动词。

I am playing basketball.

He is hit by one brick.

(2) 持续系动词：表示主语继续或保持一种状况或态度，主要有keep, remain, stay, rest, lie, stand 。如：

I hope you ' ll keep fit. 我希望你身体好。

He always kept silent at meeting. 他开会时总保持沉默。

The door remained closed. 门仍然关着。

We can remain friends. 我们可以继续做朋友。

Please stay seated. 请继续坐着。

He stayed single. 他仍然是单身。

(3) 表像系动词：表示“看起来好像” ，主要有seem, appear, look 等。如：

He looks tired. 他看起来很累。

He seems (to be) quite happy. 他好像很快活。

The doctor seemed very capable. 那医生似乎很能干。

He appeared taken aback. 他似乎很吃惊。She appeared perplexed. 她显得迷惑不解。

⑷感官系动词：表示“ ... 起来” ，有feel（摸起来，感觉），smell（闻起来） , sound（听起来） , taste（尝起来，吃起来）等。如：

This kind of cloth feels very soft. 这种布摸起来很软。

He looks honest, but actually he 's a rogue.

他看起来很老实，实际他是一个坏蛋。

They all look alike to me. 他们的模样我看起来都一样。Everybody feels contented. 每个人都感到很满足。

Ice feels cold. 冰感觉起来是凉的。

Silk feels soft and smooth. 丝绸摸起来很柔软平滑。

It sounds a good idea. 这听起来是个好主意。

This food tastes good. 这菜好吃。

（5）变化系动词：表示主语变成什么样，主要有become, grow, turn, fall, get, go, come, run 如：

He became mad after that. 自那之后，他疯了。

She had grown thinner and thinner. 她越来越瘦了。

His cold was growing worse. 他的感冒越来越严重了。She's growing

fat. 她正在发胖。

He's grown used to it. 他对此已经习惯。

When she saw this, she turned red.

她看到这，脸红了

His hair turned grey in a few weeks. 在几

个星期中他头发就变灰白了The milk will soon turn sour. 牛奶很快就会变酸。

Several people fell ill, victims of blood poisoning.

几个人生病了，都是血中毒的受害者。

We get wiser as we get old. 随着年岁的增长，我们也变得聪明些了。Your hair has gone quite white! 你的头发全白了!

She went pale at the news. 听到这消息，她脸色变得苍白。

When I mentioned it to him he went red. 我对他提及此事时他脸红了。He went mad. 他疯了。

The children must not go hungry. 孩子们不能挨饿。

(6) 终止系动词：主要有prove, turn out( 结果是，证明是) 等。如：His story proved false. 他讲的情况原来是假的。

His advice proved sound. 他的劝告证明是对的。

My intuition turned out to be correct.

我的直觉证明是对的

另一种角度理解主系表

1状态系动词

用来表示主语状态，只有be 一词

（1）Mr. Brown is an engineer .（名词做表语）

（2）The machine is out of order .（介词短语做表语）（3）The television was on.（副词做表语）

（4）His plan is to keep the affair secret .

（动词不定式做表语）

（5）My job is repairing cars .（动名词做表语）

（6）The question is what you want to do .

（从句做表语，即：表语从句）

2持续系动词

用来表示主语继续或保持一种状况或态度

（1）The door remained closed.

（过去分词做表语，remain意为“仍然”处于某种状态）The teacher asked the twelfth of us to remain after school. （vi留下；剩下）